EPYC 4484PX vs Pentium B950

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3035	196
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	50.79
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	0.71	10.15
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	TSMC
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Raphael (2023−2025)
Release date	13 June 2011 (14 years ago)	21 May 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 4484PX has 169200% better value for money than Pentium B950.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	24
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	4.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	5.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Die size	131 mm2	2x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	47 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	17,840 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PGA988	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare HD Graphics and Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and EPYC 4484PX.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	28

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.58	28.61
Integrated graphics card	0.71	1.81
Recency	13 June 2011	21 May 2024
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	2	24
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	120 Watt

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